Listen "153 JSJ Careers for Junior Developers with Aimee Knight"
Episode Synopsis
02:26 - Aimee Knight IntroductionTwitter GitHub BlogMessage Systems02:48 - Figure Skating => ProgrammingPersistenceBalance Between Mind and Body05:03 - Blogging (Aimee’s Blog)06:02 - Becoming Interested in ProgrammingTreehouse@treehouse Code School@codeschool Rails Girls@railsgirls RailsBridge@railsbridge 08:43 - Why Boot Camps?10:04 - MentorsIdentifying a MentorContinuing a Mentorship13:33 - Picking a Boot Camp16:23 - Self-Teaching Prior to Attending Boot Camps20:33 - Finding Employment After the Boot CampBaltimore NodeSchoolPassionInterview Prep26:27 - Being a “Woman in Tech”30:57 - Better Preparing for Getting Started in ProgrammingBe Patient with Yourself32:07 - InterviewsGetting to Know CandidatesCoding Projects and Tests41:05 - Should you get a four-year degree to be a programmer?Eliza BrockPicks Aarti Shahani: What Cockroaches With Backpacks Can Do. Ah-mazing (Jamison) Event Driven: How to Run Memorable Tech Conferences by Leah Silber (Jamison) The Hiring Post (Jamison) Kate Heddleston: Argument Cultures and Unregulated Aggression (Jamison) Axios AJAX Library (Dave) Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Dave) [YouTube] Good Mythical Morning: Our Official Apocalypse (AJ) Majora's Mask Live Action: The Skull Kid (AJ) The Westin at Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa (Joe) Alchemists (Joe) Valerie Kittel (Joe) The Earthsea Trilogy: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (Chuck) Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman (Chuck) Freelancers’ Answers (Chuck) Drip (Chuck) Brandon Hays: Letter to an aspiring developer (Aimee) SparkPost (Aimee) Exercise and Physical Activity (Aimee)Special Guest: Aimee Knight. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.
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